Partner: National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG)
Year: 2024
Category: Gender, Social Inclusion, Training
Project Summary:
The Partnership for Local Innovation – Women in Local Leadership (PMI-WILL) is a six-year Programme aimed at enhancing the enjoyment of rights of women and girls from marginalized (groups) communities, by empowering women to participate in leadership and decision-making at community level, and by increasing local governments’ ability to deliver municipal services. The project’s main implementing partner in Ghana is the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), and is financed by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). The project is also implemented in Benin, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Zambia.
In line with Component 1100, which aims at increasing the capacity of women (particularly those from marginalized groups) to run for local offices:
- Radix trained 90 aspiring Women Assembly members to enhance their capacity to stand for the November 2024 Local Government elections.
- Radix took the women aspirants through a series of topics including: fundraising, election monitoring, the use of social media as a tool for election campaign.